'Beacons' was more autobiographical than most of the fiction I do.
You really have to swim down into yourself when you’re writing, which is why people confuse it all with mental illness.
I just knew that, as a black woman, if I wanted to write, I needed some credentials.
At the heart of all young adult literature is this equation: belonging + power = identity.
Dive into the dream and the unconscious ocean. Steal without guilt.
